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X-WR-CALNAME:Shah Family Fund Distinguished Lecture: Disaster Risk in the 2
 1st Century: Towards a Resilient Future
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DESCRIPTION:Join us for a timely and important lecture by Kamal Kishore\, S
 pecial Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduct
 ion and Head of the UNDRR. Drawing on nearly three decades of experience a
 cross government\, the United Nations\, and civil society\, Kishore will p
 resent a global overview of today's increasingly complex disaster landscap
 e and the actions needed to build collective resilience.\n\n\n\nAbstract: 
 In the 21st century\, disasters are becoming increasingly complex and inte
 rconnected. Remarkable progress has been made in reducing disaster impacts
 \, but high levels of disaster risk continue to threaten human prosperity.
  This lecture will present a global overview of these trends and actions t
 hat we can take to build our collective resilience.\n\nBio: Kamal Kishore 
 is the Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for 
 Disaster Risk Reduction and Head of the United Nations Office for Disaster
  Risk Reduction (UNDRR). He brings nearly three decades of experience in d
 isaster risk reduction\, climate action\, and sustainable development acro
 ss government\, the United Nations\, and civil society. Prior to UNDRR\, h
 e served at India's National Disaster Management Authority\, where he led 
 the G20 Working Group on Disaster Risk Reduction and contributed to the la
 unch of the Coalition for Disaster Resilient Infrastructure at the 2019 Cl
 imate Action Summit. \n\nThe lecture and reception are free\, but we reque
 st that you register so that we have an accurate headcount using the Regis
 ter link to the left.
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LOCATION:Bishop Auditorium
SUMMARY:Shah Family Fund Distinguished Lecture: Disaster Risk in the 21st C
 entury: Towards a Resilient Future
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/shah-family-fund-distinguis
 hed-lecture-disaster-risk-in-the-21st-century-towards-a-resilient-future
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